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Steve King, a Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southwest forklift driver, prepares to deliver pallets during a supply load aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) at Naval Base San Diego, adjacent to San Diego, Calif., Saturday, March 21, 2020. Mercy is preparing to deploy in support of the nation's COVID-19 response efforts and will serve as a referral hospital for non-COVID-19 patients currently admitted to shore-based hospitals. (Senior Chief Mass Communication Specialist Mike Jones/U.S. Navy via AP)

Pentagon sets up task force for wave of medical supply requests

In today’s Federal Newscast, the Defense Department gets so many requests for medical equipment, it set up a special task force just to deal with them.

Federal Newscast